With LiveU Studio, you will be able to mix your live content with pre-recorded one to make your live session as dynamic as possible!

Add or edit a playlist in your LiveU Studio will allow you to:

- Enhance the content you already have using.
- Manage advertising clips as a media playlist during your live stream.
- Select specific video, audio & CC tracks on the fly.
- Broadcast best-of or marathon re-runs in just a few clicks.

To add a playlist please follow this steps:

• In the Production (1).
• Add a new Input (2).

• Go to the Video/Playlist section (3).
• Select Add playlist (4).

The playlist management interface will open up, you can now:

1. Add your media(s)*
2. Order them
3. Check all parameters **
4. Launch the playlist -> play button

* Media(s):

You can import media(s) from :

• Your local files (Max 5Gb)
• URLs (No size limit)
• Your media bin

** Parameters:

• Play count: Number of times the video (or playlist) will be displayed.
• Loop: You can loop all the playlists or just one media.
• Empty: Delete definitely all media on the list. 
• Export: This will export you a file in an LiveU Studio (.elp) format.
• Import: Note that you can only import a playlist that was previously exported via LiveU Studio.

Recommended encoding setup

• Container: MPEG-4 (.mp4) / MKV or WebM
• Encoding: H264 or H265 (HEVC)
• Audio Encoding: AAC
• Frame size: Up to 1920x1080
• Subtitle track: subtitle track embedded in VOD (.sub, .srt, .txt, .subt, ...) -> more info about the supported subtitles codecs

Example of VOD with subtitles

How to play the playlist in a workflow with several inputs?

Please note that it's imperative to start a media in the playlist by clicking on the play button (even if I have a short cut configured).
To switch from one playlist to another, please check that your second playlist is already started.

? Next steps

• A step-by-step guide to starting with LiveU Studio
• Add live source(s)
• Import file(s) from my AWS S3 Bucket
• Publishing points

? Keep exploring

• Enable multiple layer elements at once with the hotkeys feature
• Add some animations to my input(s)

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